HUDAIBYA EXAMINATION COMMITTEE (HEC)

CHAMAZI ISLAMIC SEMINARY

FORM THREE – ANNUAL EXAMINATION-
041 – BASIC MATHEMATICS NOVEMBER 2023

TIME:2:30 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS
-Answer all questions
-Each question carries ten (10) marks

1. a) i) Write 657893761 in words

ii) write 20.5778 in expanded form
b) Re-arrange 18935 to form
i) The largest possible number
ii) The smallest possible number
2. a) Find the difference between the LCM and GCF of 13, 52 and 104.
b) Round off 568.356 to the nearest:
i) Hundredths
ii) One decimal place
iii) Three significant figures
3. a) Express 0.1̇23̇ in the form of 𝑎⁄𝑏 where a and b are integers and b≠0

b) Re-arrange the following numbers in ascending order

0.8, 25%, 2⁄3, 0.2 and 0.05

4. a) A crate of soda has 24 bottles of 350ml each. How many litters of soda are
there in five crates?
b) Multiply 5kg 850g by 15, give your answer in decagram (dag).

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5. a) Find the simple interest on sh. 10,000,000 invested for 5 years at the rate of
6%.
b) Draw the diagram to represent a transversal crossing between two parallel
lines and hence name the types of angles formed by those lines ( Use any letters
to name the angles).
6. a) i) What is Geometry in Mathematics?
ii) Name and draw any three types of triangles.
b) Solve the following inequality and hence represent the solution on a
number line:
|2𝑥 − 1| ≥ 3
7. a) Find the selling price of a t-shirt if it costs Tsh. 24,000/= and sold at a profit of
25%.
b) If a certain amount of money was divided in the ratio 2:3:5. If the difference
between the largest and smallest share was 7500/=. Find the largest share.
8. a) Solve the following simultaneous equation by elimination
2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 20
method: {
𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 35
b) Simplify the following algebraic expression and hence state the coefficient
of m and n: 8(3𝑚 + 2) + 6(𝑛 + 3)
9. a) Find the perimeter of a square if its area is 25𝑐𝑚2 .
b) The height of a parallelogram is 160mm. If the area of the parallelogram is
25600𝑚𝑚2 , find its base.
10. A line passes through points (2,-1) and (4,5):
a) Find the slope of a line
b) Find its equation in form of 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐
c) State the x and y-intercepts of a line.

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